Thursday, April 23, 2015

Thursday, April 23, 1914 Baltimore vs. Buffalo – Game 2

Baltimore 3 Buffalo 5 – Babe Ruth Pinch Hitter – 1 for 1 at bat Tripled and Scored 1 RBI

                The day after his first pitching start, Jack Dunn sent in Babe Ruth to pinch hit for the Orioles pitcher Jarman, in the eighth inning.  The Orioles were behind Buffalo 4-0 at the time with a man on base.  Babe tripled to knock in a run, and he also scored putting the Orioles within 2 runs of the Bisons going into the ninth.  But Buffalo scored another run in the ninth, and the Orioles could only get one run back in their last at bat – losing their first game of the year 5-3.